Albion men's lacrosse falls in season debut

PONTIAC,
Mich. – Albion College took too many shots from 15 yards away from the goal and
directed the attempts at places where the goalkeeper could make the save as the
Britons opened the men's lacrosse season with a 9-6 loss to Carthage (Wis.)
College inside the Ultimate Soccer Complex.

Carthage
forced Albion to play from behind all day at it scored twice in the first five
minutes of the contest. Jared Ferrell scored 2:10 into the contest and he later
assisted on Danny Morse's tally.

Albion
would come back to trail by a goal five times during the contest, but it could
never score the equalizer. Dylan Neal scored his third goal of the contest to
cut the Carthage lead to 6-5 with 7 ½ minutes left in the contest. Evan Backal
deflated any momentum the Britons had when he produced a shorthanded goal 56
seconds later. Ferrell tacked on another goal to extend the Carthage lead to
8-5 with 4 ½ minutes left.

Neal,
making his debut at the collegiate level, placed five of his eight shots on
goal. Dan Genord produced two goals, and Tim Urso contributed a goal and an
assist.